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package jdk.dynalink.linker;

import jdk.dynalink.linker.support.CompositeTypeBasedGuardingDynamicLinker;

/**
 * A guarding dynamic linker that can determine whether it can link the call site solely based on the type of the first
 * argument at linking invocation time. (The first argument is usually the receiver). Most language-specific
 * linkers will fall into this category, as they recognize their native objects as Java objects of classes implementing
 * a specific language-native interface or superclass. The linker mechanism can optimize the dispatch for these linkers,
 * see {@link CompositeTypeBasedGuardingDynamicLinker}.
 */
public interface TypeBasedGuardingDynamicLinker extends GuardingDynamicLinker {
    /**
     * Returns true if the linker can link an invocation where the first argument (receiver) is of the specified type.
     *
     * @param type the type to link
     * @return true if the linker can link calls for the receiver type, or false otherwise.
     */
    public boolean canLinkType(Class<?> type);
}
